Sentences with phrase «coal leases totaling»
Despite the link between the Powder River Basin and global warming, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar recently proposed to sign off on twelve new coal leases totaling up to 5.7 billion tons of new mining in the region.
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Federal coal leasing accounts for about 40 percent of total U.S. coal production.
When potential supply is compared to the Energy Information Administration's (EIA) Annual Energy Outlook (AEO) 2016 Reference Case for PRB coal production, which does not constrain warming to 2 °C, total business as usual (BAU) supply is provided by existing leases until 2031, with production from new leases only being required thereafter.
However, the IG and GAO reviews fell far short of a comprehensive review of the coal leasing program, and did not attempt to calculate the total amount of taxpayer revenue that has been lost.